S4E7-"Three Stooges!"- Why Does Larry Disappear in this Three Stooges Short? 

McHale's Navy used the term, Nip(s) for the Japanese. Sign of the times.

Nothing ever bothers me for anything the Stooges said or did. They were hysterical. I got the “jokes” of the times and still laugh at them.

Nothing about The Three stooges bothers me or offends me I enjoy it and I laugh as much as I can

You can’t deny history, so not offended. I hadn’t really thought about Larry not being in the scene- he was so cute and funny, I loved him no matter where he was or wasn’t!

edit the stooges you edit history

This short is one of their funniest, Curly realky shines. We were in a world war, a war that cost 400,000 American lives. We can't apply standards of today to those of 80 years ago. The context of the times needs to be considered.

Leave it in! It's all gold 😂

I’m not part of “offended culture” and I’m against censorship.

Larry was always my favorite He's The Cats Meow lol.

Your videos are so needed during this crazy time

Only thing that offends me about this is the narrator referring to anti-axis shorts the Stooges made in this era as "propaganda"!

Thanks for doing the Research for us! 🎉😂

I love the dentist scene when the second dentist comes out and puts Moe out to pull the tooth and Curly keeps trying to tell him he's not the patient. Then in the end he finally tells him and the look of panic when he realizes he pulled the wrong person.

People need to loosen up!

It was the times. But no one today knows how to put it into context. Thanks Rick 😊

This short still shows on MeTV+'s "Comedy Classics" on a regular rotation.

Good to see you ! Thanks for sharing great shorts

Society could laugh at themselves back then.

😂😂😂 Your video today! Made me laugh so much and started my day off right! First, Moe telling the dentist Curly is sabotaging the war effort! 😂😂 Then Rap Master NineG with his words to Larry: “He’s the glue between the two. He keeps things going, he keeps things flowing, and he keeps things rolling!” 😂😂 Intentional or not, in my opinion, this is one of your best videos in your best Rick Nineg videos collection! 😂😂 Answer me this though, if you can. If this Stooge short was taken from Leave ‘Em Laughing and converted , did Laurel and Hardy or at least the writers of Leave ‘Em Laughing get any residuals from it? Respect the original! 💪 😊 Thanks SO much for making this video and my day! Looking forward to the next one!

It was war. We were allowed to say unkind things about the enemy.

Fantastic job as always, Mr nineg. You are always on point

You get a Whole Bone and a Whole Egg Shell, and you're squaking!!

As you've stated in the video, it came out in 1943, we were at war with the Japanese, given that context and the geopolitical climate of that time, it was commonplace to use the "J" word or refer to the Germans as Krauts. It's definitely unacceptable nowadays, but if you view this or any other movie of the time and understand that it was the norm back then and not get uptight about it, you'll enjoy the movie or short.

Very funny skit. I am not offended by any Stooge Short.

I always suspected Rick Nineg is 81 years old!

Maybe there was not enough room where they were filming to include Larry. Although you see the dentist. So, I don't understand it either. Sometimes you would see Shemp defending Larry against Moe. Shemp would say, "Leave the little guy alone. Or something like that." Yes. I understand it was filmed around WW2. One scene that always bothered me. In another short, the main antagonist put the Stooges heads in the water at a recruiting place. And he fires a gun under the water. All the Stooges yell and complain that they can't hear. That is about the only scene that bothered me that I can think of. Thanks, Rick. Good video.

I have seen all the shorts and movies. My grandma had the complete library on Super 8. The language in all the old movies should not be taken offensively because, like you said, it is a product of the time and we should only learn from it. I have seen some German and Japanese propaganda that is much worse than anything Hollywood put out at the time.

They didn't want Larry in the Dentist Scene, simply due to the fact the 'Dentist' was there.... taking up the screen-space. Many Directors don't want more than three principle-characters in front of the lens at once... as it 'balances the stage-window' out with only two or three actors dividing up the camera-frame. Since this is not an episode that deals with the antics of Larry (and many episodes weren't)... he stayed off-screen to get involved with other matters... leaving the Dentist, Mo and Curly to use up the on-scene spaces and balance the image out Stage Left, Stage Center and Stage Right. Larry, in this case, would have needlessly crowded out the shot even though he is a Stooge.

Have seen this EPISODE way Back about 50 years ago its funny that the BONE they gave CURLY to eat made his Tooth GET HURT

I bust up everytime Curly steps on Moe's head and Larry tells him to shut up...😂

Names given to a group of people reflect the times. I was born in the 60's (proud GenX) and grew up in the Appalachian mountains during the 70's and 80's. The men around me fought in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam, so I was used to hearing racial slurs to describe those they fought or fought alongside. In the mountains, mostly older folks were referred to racially when I was growing up regardless of their race due to coal and timber wars involving Unions vs. mine owners. In order to break the unions and starve out union supporters, mine owners in Appalachia imported newly arrived immigrants and black Americans from the northern states. This set up an immediate adversarial relationship due to competing resources and motivations. (large cities also reflected this during mass immigration) I guess this is all to say that I lived through the tail-end of a violent and bloody period where other people (of an aging generation) who had labels themselves, labeled other people. However, second and third generation children were most often NOT stigmatized with these same labels among each other. If someone from an older generation knew our family history (which was most often the case), they may refer to us as "the son or daughter of that (insert international racial slur) family down the road", but to be honest, we never thought much it. I've never known anyone "triggered" over this, and most often we laughed about it. I'm not saying it was okay by any means... but it didn't seem to have any power over us. By ignoring it, it eventually died out entirely on its own. Generally the older generation softened over time and used these terms very infrequently, not at all, or simply "aged out". The younger generations mingled and intermarried, joining these families. One other large factor worth mentioning is the wisdom of the first generational parents to forgo their foreign nationality altogether and never speak of it. They wanted their children to be an American, not a hyphenated American (i.e. Greek-American, Latin-American, Irish-American).

Well maybe Larry was terrified of dentists.

Always a good time to learn about the Three Stooges. I never knew Larry disappeared in a short, so this is interesting to know about. Keep up the great work Rick, hope you’re doing well. Take care!

Haven't seen this episode since the early 70's on channel 52 in Los Angeles.

They used the Jay A Pee term in the movie Pearl Harbour when the bombing starts and a guy runs in and has a stutter and trying to say the word.

Hey I can’t remember you ever doing anything on FTroop one of my faves back in the day ! I would be interested in seeing some bloopers or shorts ! Thanks Mike

This was on TV last night

You’re speaking about one of my FAVORITE episodes of The Three Stooges.

Perhaps Larry was sick that day?

America lost over 2400 souls with the unprovoked bombing of Pearl Harbor. I don’t blame them for using terminology from that time.

I'll be watching tonight on MeTV!

Wake up and go to sleep 😂😂😂😂

Just for the heck of it I looked up "I can Hardly Wait". Very enjoyable. I was not particularly offended by anything said, and besides, you have to listen very carefully or you will miss the bloopers. In fact, the word **p is "Jack" in the transcript.

Thanks Rick, another great Stooge segment. Yes I have seen this short several times over the years in it’s entirety. Perhaps growing up in the 60’s helps me not take offense to classic TV episodes, especially those filmed earlier on or shall I say from 20’s up to the 70’s or so. I will say in today’s society I can understand why some folks out there may have issues. I think the short was fine as filmed but I really like Larry and it would have been interesting to see him in that scene with Moe and Curly.

The funniest part of this episode is the bedroom. Who would have thunk about using a triple bunk bed in a bedroom with a high enough ceiling for Curly to stand and jump on the top bunk without hitting his head on the ceiling. It makes me laugh every time.

I remember seeing this short. It does not bother me. We were involved in WWII, so it made sense to put it in their shorts.

I have always been a fan of the three stooges. I never saw most of the shorts, but I will never forget seeing Curley, Larry, and Mo in "Its a Small Small Small Small World".

I grew up in the USA in a house with 2 brothers and 3 sisters. There has not been a name invented that can insult me. I've been called every name in the book, thanks to my siblings. So no need to be upset, no matter what the name is.

I know the terms and the words are in there, but like "blackface" which is also in Looney Tunes, I tend to just filter it out as I wait. Larry might have been outside for the scene but at least his "disappearance" from the short is not as noticeable or as tragic as Curly's absence in the last scenes of "Half-Wits Holiday".

Its all in how you say IT. many names are shortened eg brits for british, aussies for australians.

I have seen this full short on RU-vid, including the offensive remarks about the Japanese, and enjoyed it immensely. I am aware that some comedy included racism in the 1940s, but seeing that there was a war on, and that Japanese soldiers were armed and wanting to kill American soldiers, I recognized the racist remarks as an effort to get laughs. Times have changed over the last 80 years, and I do find much of the censorship and fear of being canceled in comedy disappointing. As a kid, I saw a bowdlerized version with the defense worker aspect removed. The memorable part for me is when Larry says he's really hungry, and Moe says for Larry to close his eyes to get a big surprise. Larry takes the bait with a slight smile, and Moe slaps Larry. That slap

Awesome ❤❤

As I have said before, I remember Dr. Max on WMT-TV airing all the Stooge shorts when I was growing up in the early 60s. I remember this 1 as well. I am tired of people being offended by the stereotypes from back then. Several of the movies in the early 40s made fun on Mussolini with Italian stereotypes. My maternal grandparents came from Italy. & I am not offended because I understand the context.

If you look back in time, it is essential that you use a lens appropriate for that time. Otherwise, you will invariably misunderstand what's happening. To say times have changed is a gross understatement.

I imagine that Larry couldn't be on set during the dentist scene, so the filmed something separate with him later

I had no idea they referred to Jewish American Princesses in 1943! On Long island in the 70s it was a real thing to call someone. It was our equivalent of “Karen” today. Always whining.

I forgot in which episode, but there is one that Larry only has four lines thorughout the entire short.

I saw this one not too long ago, but Larry's absence from inside the dentist's office hadn't occurred to me. Might have been hard to work him into the scene since it was all tightly focused on the dentist chair and you already had three actors there. As for the derogatory ethnic terms, I was always a bit more understanding of the anti-German Nazi stuff, because I knew the Stooges were Jewish. But even though I recognize it was WWII and all, the anti-Japanese terms felt more uncomfortable. Like you said though, sign of the times.

I didn’t have a birthday in 1943 because I wasn’t born yet.

Larry.....what a paint can.

I get so tired of people trying to say what was or should be appropriate in the past… Hell most if not all of those people were not even a twinkle in their Daddy’s eye. Get Over It!!! If it offends you then don’t watch it.

Rick do you plan to look at the feature length Stooges movies when you’re done with the shorts?

It’s all context. The day and age it came out in. I’m not offended. I understand those who are and that’s ok but, I’m not offended by history.

Don't understand you're question! Why does Larry's what disappear? What is supposed to be disappearing?

Well shoot. I thought you had the answer.

Larry was basically an ornament in the Curly episodes. He took on a larger role when Shemp replaced Curly because Shemp did bot have the personality to carry an episode as Curly did .

Love the Stooges. Did anyone see the badge they were wearing reading " Heedlock Airplane Corp."? The aircraft company Lockheed was in business since the 20s. I never caught that until now and I'm 70. Thank you HD TV!😂 Be safe put there everyone and have beautiful lives!

Terms of the period never offend me given the events of the time.

I thought there was gonna be a reason why Larry wasn’t in the scebe

I find it pretty dismal, that we've gone from PRO American language from back then, to NAZI Word Karens today.......trying to dismantle and destroy the American language. Words are descriptions of thoughts, feelings, sentiments, and ideas. And when put together in sentences and phrases, creates a language we use for description. Finding words "offensive" is like finding air offensive. Speak or don't. Breathe or don't. Keep everybody else out of the deranged lunacy being forced down everybodys throats. Thats my opinion.

The past is a foreign land. You may not comment on it if you do not take the time to learn its customs. In other words, you had to be there. Imagine the boys horror if they witnessed a so called pride parade today.

I keep wondering why we are getting more offended these days, when we say and do things now that would have offended loads of people back in the 40s. We are cultivating a generation of softies. Can’t say anything without offending, and in the USA, where we are suppose to have freedom of speech, it is even more offensive to say certain things. ( I will not list them here, but I’m sure we all know most of what I mean) Anything that the 3 stooges did, was mostly for the humor content. Yes they did add the insults of the time, but it was done tongue in cheek. I find most all of the 3 stooges clips harmless, and just full of humorous antics. Larry was to me the “referee” between Moe and Curly, then later Shemp. It didn’t mean he didn’t get his fair share of eye pokes and hair pulling from Moe, but usually he tried to bring unity to the trio. To have him absent from a scene did take away from the dynamics of the scene. The only way it could ever work is if Larry had something very important to do elsewhere. We would see Curly do certain solo scenes, but only because he was a class act by himself. I think when we censor any of the classics, by either bleeping scenes/words, we take away from the intended narrative. As someone else pointed out, we are sanitizing history, and if we continue to do so, we will wind up not knowing the truth about who we were. Just my thoughts.

Mere words aren't offensive. If someone is offended, they don't have to watch it. If someone is offended, I'm offended that they're offended. Nuyk Nuyk Nuyk.

Past is the past. You can't change history. If you're easily offended by terminology that was used in the past , it's best you stay in the present and be ignorant of history so you can repeat it someday. People who study history , learn from it. Throughout history slang for enemies was common. I'm sure those the US was at war with had slang words for the americans. You can't go back and white wash everything, unless you can bring back the millions that have died before. Interesting video.

I did not see this one.

I've seen it several times. Yes it is dated but so are a number of now verboten Warner bros. cartoons and other WWII era productions. It seems when Curly got more popular that Moe became his straight man and Larry was shunted off to the side (disappointing as IMHO they worked better as a full unit)

Yes, just a sign of the times... All in the Family was not for the weak either. That show couldn't be aired today because people are too sensitive in my opinion. But I don't take anything personally... or as much as I can..lol. Some younger viewers might take it to heart though. Just like how they used to call Black people certain names or portray them in a certain manner was just the way it was back then. No offense taken ❤

I do not remember this one.

It is America There are many that think it's was very necessary to show your patriotism as you know several years later Hollywood would hold the Anticommunism in the 1950s, and that many Actors used horrific derogatory terms (later political correctness) such as (PAJ, REGGIN, & KOOG), but realize that comedy sometimes push the boundaries. Only take offense if you feel guilty of it. If you didn't write it no need to owned up to it.

Why should anyone be offended by it. Only a crybaby would be offended by comedy. People like that are the problem,not the solution.

Carpet the world, or humble yourself and buy shoes.

Rick, you were born in 1943? Or is it just August 13?

Look at the Todd and Pitts short 'Show Business', 1932. It's the Pain in the Pullman script, but in my opinion, poorly directed. I think Thelma and Zasu are great, but the other actors are hammy and the show manager stinks.

Oh geeze, people need to get over it.

Short for "Japanese", so what? No big deal except to mental lilliputians.

Your not 81😉

You have an August 13 birthday? So do I!

No

Ok, this channel isn't any fun 😵‍💫

I always suspected Rick Nineg is 81 years old!